Virtual visit of Lascaux prehistoric cave

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Lascaux is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings. The original caves are located near the village of Montignac, in the Dordogne département. They contain some of the most well-known Upper Paleolithic art. These paintings are estimated to be 16,000 years old. They primarily consist of realistic images of large animals, most of which are known from fossil evidence to have lived in the area at the time. In 1979, Lascaux was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list along with other prehistoric sites in the Vézère valley.

(en) http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/00.xml
(fr) http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/fr/00.xml


Lascaux in Wikipedia :
(en) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux
(fr) http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotte_de_Lascaux
 
You can also visit the Chauvet cave (available in French, English, Spanish)



The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world,[1] as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life.[2] It is located near the commune of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc on a limestone cliff above the former bed of the Ardèche River, in the Gorges de l'Ardèche.
 
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